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Nov 21 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Uninsured patients spend less time in the hospital than insured patients, according to a study that suggests that ability to pay plays a greater role than medical need when determining length of stay.

Nov 21 2011

Kaiser Health News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

In-store medical clinics like those at Walmart – whose clinics treat healthy patients looking for convenient, low-cost care for simple problems – are eyeing a bigger prize, the millions of Americans with costly illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease.

Nov 21 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

After a subsequent flurry of counter-complaints, HRSA opened the “bad doc” the database to the public, but with so many restrictions on use of the database, some say it’s virtually useless as a tool 

Nov 21 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Foster children are being prescribed cocktails of powerful antipsychosis drugs just as frequently as some of the most mentally disabled youngsters on Medicaid

Nov 21 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Supreme Court Names Two Lawyers to Argue Points in Health Care Law

Nov 21 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

When it comes to addressing health care, the debate in the U.S. is just a drop in the global bucket. The developing world is facing a host of health-care challenges—whose economic effects reach all the way to America’s shores.

Nov 18 2011

KaiserHealth News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Walmart Opportunity: Can Retailers Revamp Primary Care?

Nov 18 2011

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

While there was no surprise over the Supreme Court’s decision Monday to review the 2010 health-care act’s insurance mandate, supporters of the law are reeling over the justices’ announcement that they will also consider a long-shot challenge to what many consider an even more central provision of the statute.

Nov 18 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Quashing Access to Data, Feds Muddle Commitment to Transparency

Nov 18 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance grew by 8.03% over the 12 months ending in September, while costs for Medicare healthcare services grew by only 1.97% for the same period, Standard & Poor’s Healthcare Economic Indices show.

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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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